Jenn Time

Over the weekend I had Mary come and watch the girls for a few hours so I could go out, explore and have some time for myself. I didn't have a clear plan of what I wanted to do with my time but I wound up going to SKS (a Christian book store), Lau Pa Sat, and Marina Bay.

My first stop at SKS proved to be very fruitful. I got a couple of gifts, a study on prayer, a book on prayer, and a new bible with study questions in the margins for Toby and I to study together. New books make me happy :)

I was getting hungry so I figured I would go to somewhere I had never been before: Lau Pa Sat. According to my Eyewitness Travel book, Lau Pa Sat is ....

Singapore's first municipal market {and} an architecturally impressive food court 

offering an extensive variety of Asian cusines...Originally comissioned by 

Raffles in 1822 on reclaimed land, the elegant octangonal cast-iron structure was designed 

by James MacRitchie and shipped over from Glasgow foundry in 1894. The market 

was dismantled during MRT tunnel construction and was later painstackingly reassembled.

I was there pretty early for dinner, but here are some of my pictures:

To drink I had sugarcane juice. Yum!

 For whatever reason I was fascinated by how they juiced the sugarcane. They just stuck it into this machine and out came the juice, but just seemed amazing how something that looks like a stick can produce such a great drink :)

Outside the main market, they closed off a street and hawker stalls were set up. Most of them were selling satay.

After dinner I was thought I might head to Little India to see all of the Deepavali decorations, but I was a little tired (from carrying all my books) and a little lost after exiting the market. I wandered around awhile and eventually found myself at Marina Bay, way on the east side which I had never been to before. I wandered around for awhile more and then found myself at the Merlion where I took pictures and people watched for awhile. I have decided that the Marina Bay/Singapore River area at night is my favorite place to go to in Singapore.

As I was walking I noticed this being built.

 From the pictures by it, it seems likes a place to walk up and observe the bay. Not sure what's going to be inside it.

Can you guess what this is?

I decided then to call it a night and head home. It was a great evening. I love exploring Singapore.

Way Back in May...

Way back in May Eric and Kristen came out to visit. I documented their first day here, but then got a bit behind...

So, on their second day we got Mary to watch the girls and headed out to the Singapore River area. We started out walking along Boat Quay (trying to avoid all the aggressive restaurant owners) and went to the Merlion.


The Merlion was turned into a hotel room for a few months and we were able to make the last tour to check out the room. During the day it was open to the public, but at night people actually got to spend the night. Although we didn't stay the night, we were able to get up close and personal with the Symbol of Singapore.



The view next to the Merlion:


After the Merlion, we went back to Boat Quay for dinner along the river and then went for a boat ride to Clarke Quay.

We walked around Clarke Quay and found the Turkish Ice Cream Man. I had seen him when he was in Chinatown but never got any ice cream. Now he is in Clarke Quay and entertaining all his patrons. Once the ice cream is in the cup he does tricks and things. Eric enjoyed it...

Toby just wanted his dessert.
It was fun showing my brother and sister-in-law around one of my favorite areas in Singapore.